In the erstwhile princely state of Patiala, the Punjabi University was established on 30 th April, 1962 on the Patiala-Chandigarh Road. The university is sprawling on 600 Acres of lush green land including great infrastructure and all the modern resources. 166 colleges’ affiliates are nurturing by the university along with 65 teaching and research on campus department, 5 regional centers and 6 neighbourhood campuses. Punjabi University is the second university in the world to have a claimed of named after a language. Since its inception, the Punjabi University has achieved immense success and is right now one of the prominent educational hubs to impart Punjabi language around the world. The university has been awarded “A” grade from NAAC and affiliated to UGC.